Half-way between Holt's wharf] and the hindmost destroyer machinegun firing rattled out, and water spurted 400 yards ahead and to the portsige of the tug, whose laodah hesitated for a moment and—then swung for safer water. It appeared to the rather shaky observers. that the Japanese were trying out their guns at about 1,000 yards on some Sampans, or else were intimating in the most effective: possible _manner that the river must not be crossed.
The way the people of the river bent to the oars relieved a rather tense atmosphere on board the tug.
'The Power Company building, where a gallant band of foreigners' are keeping Shanghai's wheels moving, was unharmed and lower down the river the League of Nations' bunting floating above the summer colony seemed to have won, imuhunity for the Point Islanders" reflags from every mast although her stern showed registration in Shang hal. OM Jukong wharf three Japanese destroyers and a river gunboat had their guns trained on the Kiangwan area only ubout three miles inland. The godown on the Woosung, side of the wharf gaped with shell holes, 'A bloated body floated sickeningly in the water elf the Gough Island petrol depot. After all this close-hess to battle it was the first slain soldier that those on the tug had seen, Ho wore Japanese uniform lid his helmet shone in the sunlight. Likely enough he had been sniped from the shore and had taken his: death plunge from the side of a war shi chapel Waterworks Stricken 'The Chapel Power building had taken (ernie punishment. twenty or more vast gaps in the walls told te tale of snipers routed by naval guns. Far more than a million dollars'. worth of machinery—some of which had not even been pald for Sed "been blown into uselessness, anda big district. including part of Kiangwan, had been beret of power.
Completely surprising whose on he tug, the President Hoover, the Dollar Incr evacuating Americans, with the Patroclus in her wake appeared from Woosung. According to plan, both should have been about twelve miles Away in safer waters near the South East mole. They anchored in a dangerous spot opposite the riddled Waterworks. Snipers could be seem moving about the cracked walls and the heads of Chinese soldiers bobbed up every now and then irom the cover fof Woosung Road less than 200 yards away.
"A Japanese destroyer steamed past and poured hail. of lead into' the Duilding. It "awoke a hornets' nest for when a following destroyer was exactly" abreast of the Patroclus machine-gun blazed from the shore As though not wishing to embroil the freighter in more fire, the destroyer did. not retaliate, "Considerable Machine-gun and Fille fire started up halt a mile or s0. inland, Wicked looking little Japanese war boats were performing a continuous patrol. The hour was still only 9 am, Later a dollar tender flying two very big flags, with another as big at 4 sail spread Over her awning for alt= Jeratt protection, drew up alongside the President: Hoover. A naval. pinnace was. the immediate "escort for the luggage and sharily afterwards USS. Eadsall and another destroyer, which had kept watch over the passenger ug. moored fore and aft of the two passenger ships.
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